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Castle
Helmsley Castle
Medieval castle ruins in the market town of Helmsley; cared for by English Heritage.
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North York Moors: things to do
Places worth your time in North York Moors
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Things to do in North York Moors
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Ruined abbey
Rievaulx Abbey
Ruins of a Cistercian abbey, one of the great English monasteries until 1538; cared for by English Heritage.
Garden
Rievaulx Terrace
Grass terrace above Rievaulx Abbey with two mid-18th-century temples at either end; National Trust land.
Historic house
Duncombe Park
Seat of the Duncombe family in 300 acres of parkland, a mile south-west of Helmsley above the River Rye.
Historic house
Nunnington Hall
National Trust country house beside the River Rye in Ryedale.
Ruined abbey
Byland Abbey
Ruins of a medieval abbey beside the hamlet of the same name, in the national park; cared for by English Heritage.
Castle
Pickering Castle
Motte-and-bailey castle; the later stone castle briefly held Richard II in 1399. Cared for by English Heritage.
Heritage railway
Pickering station
Southern terminus of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway; the station was built in 1845 and reopened by the heritage line in 1975.
Museum
Beck Isle Museum
Rural life museum in Pickering with recreated shops, from barber and chemist to cobbler, and a Victorian pub.
Heritage railway
Goathland station
Moorland station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, used in many television and film productions.
Heritage railway
Grosmont station
Junction of the Esk Valley line and the heritage railway, with the NYMR engine sheds.
Heritage railway
Levisham station
Quiet NYMR station in the valley below the village of Levisham.
Waterfall
Mallyan Spout
The tallest waterfall in the North York Moors, near Goathland, in the Beck Hole SSSI.
Viewpoint
Hole of Horcum
Deep section of the Levisham Beck valley in the Tabular Hills, upstream of Levisham.
Museum
Ryedale Folk Museum
Open-air museum with about twenty buildings rescued from nearby villages and rebuilt on six acres.
Directions Website Report a problem with Ryedale Folk Museum
Village
Hutton-le-Hole
Small village about seven miles north-west of Pickering, inside the national park.
Viewpoint
Sutton Bank
High point on the Hambleton Hills with wide views over the Vale of York and the Vale of Mowbray.
Landmark
Kilburn White Horse
Hill figure of a horse cut into the hillside near Kilburn.
Nature reserve
Dalby Forest
Forestry England woodland on the southern slopes of the moors, part of the North Riding Forest Park.
Hill
Roseberry Topping
Half-cone hill near Great Ayton with a jagged summit cliff; National Trust land.
Ruined abbey
Mount Grace Priory
Ruins of a Carthusian priory in woodland, among the most complete of the nine English charterhouses. English Heritage.
Ruined abbey
Gisborough Priory
Ruins of an Augustinian priory founded in 1119 by Robert de Brus.
Museum
Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum
Museum in Great Ayton about the boyhood of James Cook.
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- North York Moors (area photo): JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Helmsley Castle: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rievaulx Abbey: Tilman2007/Dr. Volkmar Rudolf, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rievaulx Terrace: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Duncombe Park: Kognos, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nunnington Hall: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Byland Abbey: Antony McCallum, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pickering Castle: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pickering station: mattbuck (category), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Beck Isle Museum: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Grosmont station: Dashwortley at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Ryedale Folk Museum: Helge Klaus Rieder, CC0, source
- Sutton Bank: Afterbrunel, Public domain, source
- Kilburn White Horse: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Roseberry Topping: The original uploader was ChrisO at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Mount Grace Priory: Frglrx, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gisborough Priory: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum: Christopher Hall, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Yorkshire Dales: F. C. Franklin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Whitby & Robin Hood's Bay: ianpudsey, CC BY 3.0, source
- Scarborough: derek dye, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Harrogate & Knaresborough: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
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